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triple j’s Ben & Liam snuck into Faith Lutheran College in South Australia to surprise year 11 student George Alice with some life changing news: that the 16-year-old solo artist had won triple j’s Unearthed High competition for 2019!

The ABC is calling on people aged 16-22 to share their experiences of life in regional Australia for the opportunity to be featured on the ABC and win a lifechanging trip to Canberra for the Heywire Regional Youth Summit in February 2020.

The ABC is honoured to be named as one of the first recipients of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas grants, which were announced earlier today. The ABC has received funding from the Institute to support the expansion of its regional schools media literacy project.

The ABC’s Managing Director, David Anderson, is pleased to announce the appointment of Judith Whelan as Director of ABC Regional & Local. Ms Whelan has been Acting Director of ABC Regional & Local since November 2018.

In preparing its investigation Cash Splash Four Corners wrote to Webster Ltd to request a background briefing, an on-camera interview and the opportunity to film some of its operations for our program. In that email, we clearly stated the scope of our investigation.

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